Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center (FSWC) has issued the below statement on the death of Oskar Groening, the convicted Nazi guard also known as the “Bookkeeper of Auschwitz.” Groening reportedly died Friday at the age of 96. His death was made public Monday.

“Oskar Groening was responsible for sorting money and valuables from doomed Auschwitz prisoners, making him an integral cog in Hitler’s vast murder machine,” said FSWC President and CEO Avi Benlolo. “His death reminds us of the need to pursue and prosecute Nazi criminals to ensure justice is served before it’s too late.”

Groening was found guilty in 2015 of being an accessory to the murder of 300,000 Jews. Unfortunately he died without serving his sentence but not before coming face to face with Holocaust survivors in a court of law. Many were from Canada.